A war of words that has turned very, very ugly: The EFF have Pravin Gordhan in their cross-hairs, and they're ready to step-up their campaign against him.

The EFF has started the week with a bang, reigniting their fractious feud with Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan in dramatic fashion. The party released a statement on Monday, accusing the ANC stalwart of purging black CEOs from positions of power in South Africa’s state-owned entities.

The red berets reason that the CEOs of Transnet, Eskom and South African Airways (SAA) have been forced to vacate their roles because of political interference. Siyabonga Gama, Phakamani Hadebe and Vuyani Jarana have all left their respective jobs in 2019.

But Malema and co don’t see this as progress – they’re only concerned that a “super powerful” Pravin is flexing his muscle, and now they believe only one outcome is possible: Gordhan must go, along with the departing executives.

“Pravin Gordhan is presiding over massive purges of black and particularly African CEOs at South Africa’s state-owned entities. The resignation letter from Vuyani Jarana points to the reality he did not have Gordhan’s support.”

“This is how Pravin Gordhan operates: Everywhere he leads, African executives become casualties – sometimes, they make way for his less qualified friends. We know that the end goal is to incapacitate our SOEs, sell them off to the private sector, [and keep] South Africa’s economy as majority-white.”

The next move for the third-biggest party in South Africa will be to lobby Parliament against Pravin. They have vowed to write to Cyril Ramaphosa, demanding Gordhan’s removal from government. The statement also promises to ask Speaker Thandi Modise to raise an inquiry into PG’s behaviour, in a bid to enforce his dismissal.